Provides methods to communicate with the hub (sites directory) web services. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static	add_screenshot ($hubcourseid, stored_file $file, $screenshotnumber)
	Uploads a screenshot for the published course.

static	download_course_backup ($hubcourseid, $path)
	Downloads course backup.

static	get_courses ($search, $downloadable, $enrollable, $options)
	Calls WS function hub_get_courses.

static	get_hub_info ()
	Returns information about the hub.

static	is_site_registered_in_hub ()
	Checks if current site is registered in hub.

static	register_course ($courseinfo)
	Publish one course.

static	unregister_courses ($courseids)
	Unpublish courses.

static	unregister_site ()
	Unregister the site.

static	update_registration (array $siteinfo)
	Update site registration on the hub.

static	upload_course_backup ($hubcourseid, stored_file $backupfile)
	Uploads a course backup.

Public Attributes
File const	HUB_BACKUP_FILE_TYPE = 'backup'
	type: Backup

File const	HUB_HUBSCREENSHOT_FILE_TYPE = 'hubscreenshot'
	type: Hub screenshot

File const	HUB_SCREENSHOT_FILE_TYPE = 'screenshot'
	type: Course screenshot

Static Protected Member Functions
static	call ($function, array $data=[], $allowpublic=false)
	Calls a remote function exposed via web services on the hub.

static	call_rest ($token, $function, array $data)
	Performs a REST request to the hub site (using the GET method).

static	process_curl_exception ($token, $curloutput)
	Analyses exception received from the hub server.

Detailed Description

Provides methods to communicate with the hub (sites directory) web services.

Copyright: 2017 Marina Glancy

License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later

Member Function Documentation

◆ add_screenshot()

static core\hub\api::add_screenshot	(		$hubcourseid,
		stored_file	$file,
			$screenshotnumber )

static

Uploads a screenshot for the published course.

Deprecated: since Moodle 3.8. Moodle.net has been sunsetted making this function useless.

Parameters

int	$hubcourseid	id of the published course on the hub, it must be published from this site
stored_file	$file
int	$screenshotnumber	ordinal number of the screenshot

◆ call()

static core\hub\api::call	(		$function,
		array	$data = [],
			$allowpublic = false )

staticprotected

Calls a remote function exposed via web services on the hub.

Parameters

string	$function	name of WS function
array	$data	parameters of WS function
bool	$allowpublic	allow request without registration on the hub

Return values

mixed depends on the function

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ call_rest()

static core\hub\api::call_rest	(		$token,
			$function,
		array	$data )

staticprotected

Performs a REST request to the hub site (using the GET method).

Parameters

string	$token
string	$function
array	$data

Return values

mixed

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ download_course_backup()

static core\hub\api::download_course_backup	(		$hubcourseid,
			$path )

static

Downloads course backup.

Deprecated: since Moodle 3.8. Moodle.net has been sunsetted making this function useless.

Parameters

int	$hubcourseid	id of the course on the hub
string	$path	local path (in tempdir) to save the downloaded backup to.

◆ get_courses()

static core\hub\api::get_courses	(	$search,
		$downloadable,
		$enrollable,
		$options )

static

Calls WS function hub_get_courses.

Deprecated: since Moodle 3.8. Moodle.net has been sunsetted making this function useless.

Parameter $options may have any of these fields: [ 'ids' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of a course in the hub course directory'), 'ids of course', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'sitecourseids' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id of a course in the site'), 'ids of course in the site', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'coverage' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'coverage', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'licenceshortname' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'licence short name', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'subject' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUM, 'subject', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'audience' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'audience', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'educationallevel' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'educational level', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'language' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'language', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'orderby' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'orderby method: newest, eldest, publisher, fullname, ratingaverage', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'givememore' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'next range of result - range size being set by the hub server ', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'allsitecourses' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'if 1 return all not visible and visible courses whose siteid is the site matching token. Only courses of this site are returned. givememore parameter is ignored if this param = 1. In case of public token access, this param option is ignored', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0), ]

Each course in the returned array of courses will have fields: [ 'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'id'), 'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course name'), 'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course short name'), 'description' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course description'), 'language' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'course language'), 'publishername' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'publisher name'), 'publisheremail' => new external_value(PARAM_EMAIL, 'publisher email', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'privacy' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'privacy: published or not', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'sitecourseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course id on the site', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'contributornames' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'contributor names', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'coverage' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'coverage', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'creatorname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'creator name'), 'licenceshortname' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'licence short name'), 'subject' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUM, 'subject'), 'audience' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'audience'), 'educationallevel' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'educational level'), 'creatornotes' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'creator notes'), 'creatornotesformat' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'notes format'), 'demourl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'demo URL', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'courseurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'course URL', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'backupsize' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'course backup size in bytes', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'enrollable' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'is the course enrollable'), 'screenshots' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'total number of screenshots'), 'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'time of last modification - timestamp'), 'contents' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_single_structure( array( 'moduletype' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'the type of module (activity/block)'), 'modulename' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'the name of the module (forum, resource etc)'), 'contentcount' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'how many time the module is used in the course'), )), 'contents', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'rating' => new external_single_structure ( array( 'aggregate' => new external_value(PARAM_FLOAT, 'Rating average', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'scaleid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Rating scale'), 'count' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Rating count'), ), 'rating', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'comments' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_single_structure ( array( 'comment' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'the comment'), 'commentator' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'the name of commentator'), 'date' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'date of the comment'), )), 'contents', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'outcomes' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_single_structure( array( 'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'the outcome fullname') )), 'outcomes', VALUE_OPTIONAL) ]

Additional fields for each course: 'screenshotbaseurl' (moodle_url) URL of the first screenshot, only set if $course['screenshots']>0 'commenturl' (moodle_url) URL for comments

Parameters

string	$search	search string
bool	$downloadable	return downloadable courses
bool	$enrollable	return enrollable courses
array \| stdClass	$options	other options from the list of allowed options: 'ids', 'sitecourseids', 'coverage', 'licenceshortname', 'subject', 'audience', 'educationallevel', 'language', 'orderby', 'givememore', 'allsitecourses'

Return values

array of two elements: [$courses, $coursetotal]

Exceptions

coding_exception
moodle_exception

◆ get_hub_info()

static core\hub\api::get_hub_info ( )

static

Returns information about the hub.

Example of the return array: { "courses": 384, "description": "Official Moodle sites directory.", "downloadablecourses": 0, "enrollablecourses": 0, "hublogo": 1, "language": "en", "name": "moodle", "sites": 274175, "url": "https://stats.moodle.org", "imgurl": "https://stats.moodle.org/local/hub/webservice/download.php?filetype=hubscreenshot" }

Return values

array

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ is_site_registered_in_hub()

static core\hub\api::is_site_registered_in_hub ( )

static

Checks if current site is registered in hub.

Return values

bool

◆ process_curl_exception()

static core\hub\api::process_curl_exception	(		$token,
			$curloutput )

staticprotected

Analyses exception received from the hub server.

Parameters

string	$token	token used for CURL request
array	$curloutput	output from CURL request

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ register_course()

static core\hub\api::register_course ( $courseinfo )

static

Publish one course.

Deprecated: since Moodle 3.8. Moodle.net has been sunsetted making this function useless.

Expected contents of $courseinfo: [ 'sitecourseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the id of the course on the publishing site'), 'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course name'), 'shortname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course short name'), 'description' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'course description'), 'language' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'course language'), 'publishername' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'publisher name'), 'publisheremail' => new external_value(PARAM_EMAIL, 'publisher email'), 'contributornames' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'contributor names'), 'coverage' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'coverage'), 'creatorname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'creator name'), 'licenceshortname' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'licence short name'), 'subject' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUM, 'subject'), 'audience' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'audience'), 'educationallevel' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'educational level'), 'creatornotes' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'creator notes'), 'creatornotesformat' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'notes format'), 'demourl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'demo URL', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'courseurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'course URL', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'enrollable' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'is the course enrollable', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0), 'screenshots' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the number of screenhots', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'deletescreenshots' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'ask to delete all the existing screenshot files (it does not reset the screenshot number)', VALUE_DEFAULT, 0), 'contents' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_single_structure( array( 'moduletype' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'the type of module (activity/block)'), 'modulename' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'the name of the module (forum, resource etc)'), 'contentcount' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'how many time the module is used in the course'), )), 'contents', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'outcomes' => new external_multiple_structure(new external_single_structure( array( 'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'the outcome fullname') )), 'outcomes', VALUE_OPTIONAL) ]

Parameters

array | stdClass $courseinfo

Return values

int	id of the published course on the hub

Exceptions

moodle_exception if the communication with the hub failed or the course could not be published

◆ unregister_courses()

static core\hub\api::unregister_courses ( $courseids )

static

Unpublish courses.

Deprecated: since Moodle 3.8. Moodle.net has been sunsetted making this function useless.

Parameters

int[] | int $courseids

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ unregister_site()

static core\hub\api::unregister_site ( )

static

Unregister the site.

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ update_registration()

static core\hub\api::update_registration ( array $siteinfo )

static

Update site registration on the hub.

Parameters

array $siteinfo

Exceptions

moodle_exception

◆ upload_course_backup()

static core\hub\api::upload_course_backup	(		$hubcourseid,
		stored_file	$backupfile )

static

Uploads a course backup.

Deprecated: since Moodle 3.8. Moodle.net has been sunsetted making this function useless.

Parameters

int	$hubcourseid	id of the published course on the hub, it must be published from this site
stored_file	$backupfile

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

lib/classes/hub/api.php

Static Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Static Protected Member Functions

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ add_screenshot()

◆ call()

◆ call_rest()

◆ download_course_backup()

◆ get_courses()

◆ get_hub_info()

◆ is_site_registered_in_hub()

◆ process_curl_exception()

◆ register_course()

◆ unregister_courses()

◆ unregister_site()

◆ update_registration()

◆ upload_course_backup()